Saturday, June 18, 2011

Lake Okanagan

Okanagan Lake is a large, deep lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. The lake is 135 km long, between 4 and 5 km wide, and has a surface area of 351 km². The lake's maximum depth is 232 meters near Grant Island. The lake is drained by the Okanagan River, which exits the lake's south end in Penticton, after flowing over a small dam.

As of the 14th of June, the Lake was 4.8 cm above Full Pool. This is the Boat Launch Ramp in Peachland at the corner of Princeton Ave and Highway 97. As you can see that the water is over lapping the piers. I doubt that these piers will be usable for a few weeks. The next few weeks will be interesting in seeing how high the lake will actually rise. Trepenair Creek is still flowing fairly quickly but water levels have dropped slightly which i'm pretty sure is the same for the other creeks in the region.


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